The elections for the Management of the Midwest Cricket Conference was held on Saturday April 3, 2010 at Community Park. 41 out of the 42 eligible teams to vote showed up as did a number of other interested members of the league. There was a spirited debate and question-answer session for an hour. After that, 41 teams exercised their right to vote.
The league voted 22-19 in favor of Shekhs Aravind and TEAM CHANGE. Congratulations to Shekhs and his team on a historic victory. There is a new era in the MWCC after 12 years, one which has promised a lot of change. I wish him and his team all the best and hope that they are successful in taking the MWCC to new heights.
In this time of change, we should not forget the invaluable contribution made by the previous management headed by Tariq Ahmad and Sohail Alvi. They have done a commendable job in transforming the league into one of the biggest in the USA. They have put in countless hours in running this league for so many years along with a number of individuals such as Marghoob Qazilbash, Humayun Baquai, Humayun Mirza, Krishna Meluvettil, Sridher Jagath, and many others. We thank them for their efforts and hope that they will continue to support this league and the new management.
In case you missed it, a recap of the election is available via the following link thanks to the efforts of Adnan Baig and United Cricket Club:
MWCC 2010 Election Coverage
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Congrats to Shekhs and his team!
This is a great day for MCC. Kudos to all the teams which went out and voted. 41 out of 42 teams voting is amazing!
Just goes to show we take the sport seriously.
Shekhs, I'm sure you have a lot on your plate. My only suggestion is to bring this blog up on the main MCC website immediately.
That's true spud......
i would say 75% of the league doesn't know about this blog website.
this blog gets very interesting all the time, specially for cricket lovers.
Thanks fellas...appreciate the support..
Yeah Fellas, thats on our to do list.
We'll take care of that as soon as we get the Website over as part of the transition.
We're gonna have a lot of fun this year...stay tuned...
hey shekhs does this mean that players who are playing for the ACC will also be allowed to play for MWCC as well as stated per your agenda?
MastaKilla said...
hey shekhs does this mean that players who are playing for the ACC will also be allowed to play for MWCC as well as stated per your agenda?
Not yet MastaKilla, first need to find out from ACC stand Point. What is their interest and what will MCC gaining by allowing them to play in our league. Obvisiouly TA wasn't dumm that he didn't allow and now shekhs is much smarter that TA.
So wait and watch for until Shekhs reveal from ACC.
Also Sohail Bari is not only one that have interest but also Masood Chic is also might want Piece of pie. So give some time to Shekhs to discuss with his team and other team members to find out what is in best interest of MCC.
If i'm wrong please update me with more info. as I'm always open to hear from everyone else.
Masta, Unglibaba said it...
Ungli, you are my new Advisor, you start tomorrow.
Yeah Masta, we can't just open the floodgates just like that.
Please give me about a month to 2 to sort these diplomatic and complicated issues potentially lingering over us.
I'll send out an email and let you know once we relax that rule.
As of now, that rule stays, so please dont play in ACC or encourage ACC players to play in MWCC right now.
Lets wait a little bit....
Finally someone agreed to me...That League and Executives are far more complex than we all thinks.. They all doing to vanish MCC and that is their goal. TA was very aware of it and we took him in wrong way. ACC Executives are TA's buddies and They found out that with TA in power they are not going to achieve anything. And Mastermind is Masood Chic and rest are gini pigs. So Shekhs take your time and talk to all teams, TA and than make decision.
God Bless you with your decision and I hope MCC will not be hurt by any Evils and Black Magic...
I think Shekhs you should contact AjmeriBaba and take his advice...
Just kiddin....
Shekhs, I’m confident you will do what is best for MCC and cricket.
MCC has very competitive Div 1 (I’m just speaking on behalf of Div I, I’m pretty confident Div II & 30/30 has excellent standard too).
Having working relationship with ACC is OK for betterment of cricket. BUT please don’t dilute cricket in MCC by allowing players to play in both leagues. There is huge difference in our cricket standards. If we allow their players to come and play – this will not help us that much but it will help ACC by :
• Improving cricket standard, which eventually hurt MCC
• ACC will become more competitive and there is potential of losing teams from MCC
• Will become strong local league and MCC can lose away teams like i.e; Purdue, Milwaukee, Peoria, St.Louis, QC Kings, Arena etc.
Also, Masood Chic currently doesn’t have any home. He is been kicked out from ACC. Now he is looking for home to get elected as CER Director. My request to Sheks team is that keep this …hole away from cricket. He is not here to serve cricket. Work with other leagues presidents to kick him out. He has three dummy leagues in this region (UCC, NCL & ~ ICML). We don’t want become part of those dummy leagues. TA did excellent job by keeping MCC away from Masood’s influence. He is going to hurt cricket and MCC more than helping us. TEAM CHANGE has to help other zone presidents to bring this change too !!!!! It will be year of clean up in our history. GET READY FOR THIS – I’ve trust in you (Shekhs)… You can do it.
Keep MCC as a strong unit – we have all flavors, Div-I & II and 30/30. What else we need?
Yousaf - Peoria
Yousaf Bhai good points. I want to see MCC a strong league. Team change shouldn't allow ACC players to play in MCC or allow MCC palyers to go and play in ACC. ONLY option should be ACC merges with MCC.
Masood is really dangerous, he is snake !!!!!
TA knew how deal with him
So we stick with the good old principle of monopolization to protect the interest of management, at the expense of the consumer, ie. members.
Bravo!
I hope the agents of change don't sell out this quickly.
Its time to move away from protectionism and let handwork and dynamism dictate who runs the show in Chicago.
Teams voted for Shekhs' group to improve the standards of cricket in the city; not for them to go on a power trip like their predecessors, and run the league like its their own personal property.
Play whatever politics you want with the ACC, but please make sure our members aren't penalized for wanting to play more cricket.
Thanks Yousaf bhai ...interesting points..
One thing I'll never sacrifice is the talent in this league and the quality of cricket. We also need to keep up the integrity of the league.
Unless, we have the proper steps in place, we'll not even consider to relax the rule.
Having said that, it also bothers me personally that we are dictating terms where a person should or should not play. Everybody pays to play.
They should be able to play wherever they decide too...
my 2 cents...
Guys,
I've talked with Shekhs, Mo, and his team a few times about this particular issue.
As pointed out so well by Yousuf, there are certain traps if we allow people to play in certain leagues.
At the same time, the goal should not be protectionism, but instead an open and transparent policy that enables our players, not restricts them.
Basically, what that means is that Shekhs and team need to take a good hard look at doing everything possible to remove this restrictive policy, but ensuring the safety/security of the MWCC. And based on my conversations with him, he definitely plans to do that.
This is a time of transition and with the new season beginning in a few weeks, there is plenty to be done. This change will probably fall a little lower in priority because of this. I'm sure that Shekhs and team will provide an update at the AGM, but this change may have to wait till June.
That's my 10 cents.
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Spud said...
Congrats to Shekhs and his team!
This is a great day for MCC. Kudos to all the teams which went out and voted. 41 out of 42 teams voting is amazing!
Just goes to show we take the sport seriously.
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It was a terrific turnout - not only did 41 out of 42 eligible show up, the 42nd was a genuine emergency (Khalid Dadabhai of Lucky XI had to take his wife to hospital, couldnt find a replacement, and still tried to make it asking for time till 5:00pm.. but just couldnt physically make it, unfortunately. We all hope his wife is doing better).
It left 41 eligible votes - I offered bets to all other observers before voting began on a 21-20 result, but nobody would accept my wager :-)
The turnout was so good, that not only did 41 teams show up, even a 43rd did.. the Jaguars with 2 reps, hoping to appeal their non-eligibility and get a chance to vote. I felt sorry for them - they made a pretty good case, really, been in the league 10+ years and always paid fees, last year played day and night cricket (total feels near $3000), and were only $200 short due to a misunderstanding iIRC... but had cleared that debt by paying the $200 recently, had paid the $300 registration already as well, were putting up a team this year too...but they *had* missed the deadline, and so were not allowed to vote. But, impressive committment to show up and make their case, regardless.
And special congratulations to all away teams who showed up - Arena drove 6 hours each way just to cast a ballot after all (so did StLouis of course, but at least they had a candidate in the race!) Hope the teams always show this sort of committment in future elections too.
c8w
By the way, congratulations to Shekhs, Mo, and team change on winning the election. It's not easy to win against someone who's been in power for 12 years and has a lot of long-standing relationships.
I'm excited to see some sponsorship come in - around $40k - and be used to improve our league. I'm excited for the possibilities this brings.
My challenge to anyone reading this is to be a part of that change. Reach out to Shekhs, Mo, and the team and offer your help. If you truly believed in change, make it happen now!
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Spud said...
So we stick with the good old principle of monopolization to protect the interest of management, at the expense of the consumer, ie. members.
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Its not quite as simple as that, IMHO - the fact is that there is a threat to grounds etc too (we did lose even Hanover for a few weeks last summer, who knows, probably true this summer too).
The way I see it, there is a current rule in place already. There is no crazy-hurry IMHO.. heck, the election was barely 3 days ago! Let the new management first get our own league going for the year, then they can probably spare the time to meet/talk to other leagues... and if some ground-poaching-understanding etc can be come to, that would be the time to think of changing rules etc. Why even think of changing rules if/when grounds are still under threat and no understanding has yet been reached, after all?
That said, it would be nice to be able to have a fair working-relationship with other leagues.. it would be nice to play preseason "friendlies" etc against some of them, maybe a long-week all-Chicago tournament, that sort of thing. Who knows, might even lead to a better understanding (or else even more fights? :-)
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Play whatever politics you want with the ACC, but please make sure our members aren't penalized for wanting to play more cricket.
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Really, this argument could have been used a few years ago, but there is no validity left to it now. There is hardly any shortage of cricket-playing opportunity in a Chicago summer nowadays, even with the current rule in place.
In our league alone, it is possible to play both Div1 and 30/30, for example. Heck, I remember Romeen telling me last year (or was it year before) that his Mom was very upset with him because she was visiting, and he had left her alone at home and gone off to play cricket on *five consecutive days* :-) (like Friday-Tue or some such.. TempleLeague, Wildcats, Rockers, Wildcats-night,TempleLeague or some such schedule, on the 5 days.. a relatively light stretch for Romeen, since typical 5-day-stretches for him would usually also include additional games in the AbbottLeague, NPD-League, and 17 women).
c8w
C8W,
I completely agree with you. Kudos to all teams for showing up and voting, but especially to Arena, St Louis, Peoria, Milwaukee, Jolly Rovers, CCI, Purdue, Madison, QC Kings, and Springfield. It showed true commitment to our league, and our league must show commitment to all of them.
Hey Guys
I am a recent move to the region, from CA. I am slowly getting to know the cricket structure her and can see that good things are happening. Change is always good, brings fresh ideas to the table so Good Luck to Shekhs. I am willing to contribute to the league wherever possible.
Someone correctly mentioned in another post that not many know about this blog. I think it will be useful (atleast to a newbie like myself) to have this site linked to the main MCC site. Back in CA, the league has an efficient website (www.ncalcricket.org) where the forum provide a neat platform for discussions, match resutls/reports, announcement, and upcoming events.
Hope to meet you all this season
Sikander
sikanderkhan@gmail.com
816 914 1892
Shekhs please make a small statement regarding your priorities and goals for this season.
Thanks Sikander Sir for your feedback. The website (www.ncalcricket.org) is really nice and has state of the art features. We are looking to improve our website as well in near future.
Middle said...
Shekhs please make a small statement regarding your priorities and goals for this season.
Dude give him some time. He still strugling with changing over form old tegiment. It will take him atleast couple of months to fix 12 years worth of mess + he also have pressure to start regular season in time. Don't expect any new miracle in short future. By the middle of season we might see some improvement.
Shekhs don't panic & don't concentrate on all project at the same time (Like our Mr. Prersident (Obama) did). One thing is for sure to priortise your goal and move forward as per your agenda. Also Try to share your responsibilities with other members.
Finger,
great points...what will we do without you..
Ungli,
Dude, thanks for backing me up...yo, why didnt you show up this morning..I thought you were gonna be my Advisor...
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Muhammad said...
Having working relationship with ACC is OK for betterment of cricket
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• Improving cricket standard, which eventually hurt MCC
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I agree with some of the aspects of your post, Yousaf-bhai.. but this above aspect has never really resonated much with me. In the end, we want cricket in the USA to get better, we want cricket in the region to get better, no? If something improves the level of cricket in ACC, thats actually a *good* thing for cricket itself - we are, after all, playing an immigrant game in a faraway land, the development and improvement of cricket overall is in some ways the big goal and a generally good thing.
We want the quality of MCC to remain high - of course. Our Div1 quality is IMHO maybe the best single-division anywhere in the country (bar maybe a league or two in New York, dunno). But if ACC's quality improves.. sure it comepetes with us in some way, but overall its good for the region and good for the country (there will always be 2-3 players from ACC in the team representing our region, for example.. if those 2-3 players were even better as teammates of our players for the regional squad, our entire regional squad might be able to go further, to win the nationals etc - thats a good thing for our region).
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• ACC will become more competitive and there is potential of losing teams from MCC
• Will become strong local league and MCC can lose away teams like i.e; Purdue, Milwaukee, Peoria, St.Louis, QC Kings, Arena etc.
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One of our biggest strenghts is that we're spread out, we have good talent everywhere across the midwest. I agree, we need to make sure that doesnt change - we should do all we can to make sure the away teams always stay in our league, they are good for the league in general. (OTOH, maybe we shouldnt let too many more "away" teams in.. our current balance is pretty good, too many more away games and it may not be :-)
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Also, Masood Chic currently doesn’t have any home. He is been kicked out from ACC. Now he is looking for home to get elected as CER Director.
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He has three dummy leagues in this region (UCC, NCL & ~ ICML). We don’t want become part of those dummy leagues. TA
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UCC barely plays, I agree, and while NCL used to play a lot (including a lot of our players), they have not had an active league in 2 years I think. However ICML isnt really a dummy-league - they play, have teams and a proper tournament etc, and have some decent players too. They have no exclusivity rule and ACC players go in and out of their league.. but they do have grounds, schedule, teams, and play cricket every year.
As for the other bits... I dont know about any plans to let Masood into our league or anything.. thats about all our role is and should be IMHO :-) There will be a vote for CER-regional-director at some point, those eligible will stand, we probably will have to decide who to vote for among them at that point I guess. To me, if thats our plan, thats fine - we dont need to let new people into our league, we dont need to create new enemies by trying to throw people out of whatever... Sheks probably feels he has enough league-decisions on his plate at the moment, without having to jump into CER and USACA politics 3 days after the election, would be my bet :-)
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It will be year of clean up in our history. GET READY FOR THIS – I’ve trust in you (Shekhs)… You can do it.
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I dont disagree, Yousaf-bhai.. but with the season 3 weeks away, I do think the current priority ought to be our season, our own league etc. CER/USACA politics can wait at least until the season gets rolling and is running smoothly, no?
c8w
Middle and Everybody..
Our immediate goal in terms of priority:
1. Start the season on May 1st.
To be able to do that, we have to deliver the balls and scorecards on april 25th AGM.
So, a buncha stuff has to be taken care off, which the team is working on. Scheduling, Umpiring, grounds, balls etc.
2. Make sure the season progresses smoothly, and is functioning correctly.
Make sure that there are no glitches, no issues etc.
3. Schedule and Plan Abid Lahiri.
Make sure thats executed properly.
4. Plan the playoffs. Make sure we have the umpiring pool, grounds and manpower.
5. Build a good relationship with all the peer leagues in the region.
6. Build and umpiring pool for next year.
Train the umpires, certify them.
7. Participate in as many tournaments as possible.
This is in order of my priorities.
We may not be able to get all of them doone, but definitely will do the Top 5.
Let me know if you have anymore questions.
Thanks
Shekhs
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Muhammad said...
Keep MCC as a strong unit – we have all flavors, Div-I & II and 30/30. What else we need?
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Good question, as to what else we need.. for the future at least (ie not near-term, not right now before this season or anything)..
Talked to a lot of people lately, and ideas come up. Ours is probably one of the last leagues left in the country that has not jumped headlong onto the 20/20 bandwagon. We have a 20-20 league, of course, the Abid Laheri tournament.. but its only a night-tournament, and is sorta fading a bit IMHO (its gone from 16 teams - taking only the first 16 to apply a few years ago due to demand - to struggling to make it up to 12 teams the last 2 years). The "novelty" of playing at night has worn off for a lot of guys.. and so there is a degree of reluctance to pay $600 for only 3 guaranteed games of cricket. Even teams like the Flames and United failed to enter teams in the Abid Laheri tournament last year (for the first time ever IIRC).
The rest of the country, however, has jumped onto the 20/20 bandwagon full-bore. They play mostly day-games of 20/20.. its almost a full-season-length game, running in parallel with the 40-over game around the country. (Most of the rest of the country actually doesnt play that much 30-over cricket).
Down the road, this is something we ought to think about. While I personally remain a traditionalist who likes test matches (and hates most 20/20 games), the fact is that it is very popular, and might be the future of cricket in the USA (its quicker, its snazzier, its easier for lower-quality cricketers to compete when a game is compressed.. all of which plays into USA-cricket's hands ;-)
Maybe down the road a flourishing 20/20 tournament? Maybe one option of a 10-game season or something, mostly day/games (which would cost maybe not much more than the $600 that Abid Laheri does.. or maybe even combine it, have a 10-game AL 2020 tournament in which only 2 night games are assured per team, for $800 fees or something? Sound like a decent additional option down the road?
Or, option 2, a fulltime 2020 league - it could run parallel to the current 3030.. many of the 3030 teams are complaining about first-division cricketers in their division, many dont seem to want *any* Div1 guys playing in 3030.. if that were to happen, some of the current 30/30 teams might decide to go to 20/20 (with their div1 stars) too.. might result in a smaller 3030, but also a full 2020 league that runs all season long, 14 games (with upto 4 Div1 guys allowed per team or something)?
Iam typing off the top of my head - thoughts welcome :-) Basically its mostly the idea that the world (and the USA) seems to be diving headlong into 2020 cricket.. the USA team was trying to qualify for the 2020 WorldCup not long ago.. but most teams in our league still dont play more than 3-4 2020 games in a year, a ridiculously small number. In a format of the game that is increasingly popular, a full 2020 season might rival (or even exceed) the popularity our current 3030 league has achieved in the last couple of years.
And if we dont jump into this market, BTW, others will... there is already talk of a new 2020 league arriving in town this year itself, by about June-ish. Long-term, these might be matters to consider.
c8w
Hehe.. What a slap in the face to us.... Most of us voted so that we could see the exclusivity rule abolished.... Oh well....
Seems like the "League Exclusivity" rule is going to be the Health Care Reform for me....
Any Tea Party activists?
Zamorin, a lot of people thought you ran on over turning the exclusivity rule.
Latest headline on MCC website
"Conference Exclusivity Rule
Please adhere the rule of 31 to 31.5 as of today. This rule still applies in the new managment. Please do not participate in ACC league as of today.
Midwest Management"
I assume this means we can play in any other leagues apart from ACC during the summer then correct?
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blogger_plz said...
Zamorin, a lot of people thought you ran on over turning the exclusivity rule.
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I wonder who they were? :-)
In the last 2 elections, I dont konw if the words "exclusivity rule" have even actually come up in the pre-election debate - dont think *either* candidate has mentioned it. I heard much talk of sponsorships, independent committees, better scheduling etc - not a word about the exclusivity rule.
Doesnt mean its not an issue, of course - it still is. But I honestly dont know if there is a groundswell opinion one way or the other in the league IMHO...nowadays (as opposed to a few years ago) most people seem quite happy with the amount of cricket-playing opportunities in a Chicago summer. All issues are important in their own way and have to be dealt with at some time.. but my own personal guess is that, for a large majority of the near-800 people in the league who are satisfied with the amount of cricket they get, the exclusivity rule issue ranks somewhat low on the totem pole as a priority. IMHO, anyway.
c8w
lets give current management a break i agree with finger our season has to start in 3 weeks and management has to order balls, scoresheets, make schedule get the grounds ready etc those things should be their priority for now not acc . good luck all for 2010 season
Zamorin certainly looks presidential
The exclusivity rule is not important for several folks...infact many don't care. So, I don't think that should be the priority.
blogger_plz said...
Zamorin, a lot of people thought you ran on over turning the exclusivity rule.
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No.
Guys, wonder what Raja of Travancore is doing?
Good to finally read something about our league in Dream cricket.
http://www.dreamcricket.com/dreamcricket/news.hspl?nid=13965&ntid=4
Good catch Naren. The last line of the article is eerily similar to the line in my article thanking the past management. hmmmmmmm......
Fake, I forget how the Raja of T... is, but if my guess is correct, he's probably spending some well deserved time with family. This must have been quite a drain on family life, so the break will probably be good.
It was a very good article so i am assuming our C8W has some inputs on that and on the way he might have taken a bit from your article. Cricket bachelor.. dentist.. clean slate etc
Seems like the "League Exclusivity" rule is going to be the Health Care Reform for me....
Don't sweat it Shekhs. No one expects you to change the league overnight. As long as you are upfront and honest with us, we don't mind.
I'd like to see a process where teams are allowed to vote on important issues like these.
Play whatever politics you want with the ACC, but please make sure our members aren't penalized for wanting to play more cricket
Let me rephrase,
The MWCC does not pay me to play in their league.
Who I play with is my business. It is not the business of the MWCC. Penalizing me because I choose to play with my friends in ACC is ridiculous.
Spud,
Why don't you ask your buddies to come play in MWCC? That way you can play with them and get better cricket too.
Fake,
Welcome back bud....good to see ya...
Naren,
Thanks for pulling that article..I want to hear what finger has to as well...hahaha..
Spud,
I share the same emotions as you, in terms of someone policing me as to where I should play my cricket.
At the same time, dont you think we should make sure that we dont lose our cricketers, grounds, miscellaneous other stuff by opening the rule right away, without putting any ground rules?
Like Adi said, please consider playing in MWCC. Bring your friends over as well. We'll take care of you guys. I promise you that.
Why is it that ACC is being singled out in this rule? Why dont we have rules for people playing in the Abbott league... Temple league ,NPD league, ICML.Why dont these leagues have any issues with exclusivity rules when their players play elsewhere? If you look at those examples, I think you will notice that the MWCC players have not moved out of the league. They have played in the outside leagues and have mantained MWCC as their primary league. Why not have a clause instead which would state that Players wishing to play in ANY league outside of MWCC should sign an agreement that they will be playing in multiple leagues, but they cannot represent the outside league if MWCC needs them for representation at the regional level. Why make it hard for everyone who cares about no politics but just the fact that we can play with our friends , families, school mates...
It all comes down to the point, that If my family member is playing in ACC and I represent a DIV 1 team in MWCC , I cannot play with the team in ACC just because of this rule? Comeon guys, its not like we are being paid... We are actually paying to play. This is what will never bring up cricket in USA... Politics.
True that MWCC has some reason for excluding ACC unfairly.. But you cannot always be right... Its not because of playing in other leagues that MWCC has lost DIV II.. If we were more friendly with other leagues like they are, maybe teams would remain in DIV II and have players from diff leagues make up their rosters
Shekhs needs help from us to run this league. ACC issue is lowest priority. We have enough crickets to play. Someone choose to go and join his family member/friend etc, then good luck. Other leagues are not after out ground. Who has WP # 1? Who has HP for few weeks? Why don't we have issues with other league, there are reasons we don't get along with ACC.
Play cricket in MWCC and enjoy. Someone enjoy cricket in ACC, MWCC is not stopping you but you're making that choice.
# 1 Priority for Shekhs teams is to work on MWCC issues and improve this league. Not to improve ACC or their standard. They have their own management to worry about it.
Are we getting schedule before AGM?
hey shekhs sorry brother. i didnt mean to get so much heat put on you because of that one question i asked you. i was just curious because like i said all of my buddies played in midwest but are now playing in ACC which is why i decided to go play there this year. I also want to play in MWCC with AAA or some other team when they need players which is why i asked you about the relaxation of that rule. Anyways does this exclusivity rule mean that i wont be able to participate in the bloggers game? speaking of which lets try to have more then one game this year. like a best of three for bragging rights or something like that. Also feel free to shoot me a text if you ever need help with the league.
Its a good idea Masta, now that our fellow blogger's are part of the management we could play more than one blogger ball....
May be Finger can open the batting in one of the games :-), adi might bowl his leg spin.. and Romo might yet bowl the most expensive over in this league... or if the captain is kind enough i might get to open the batting ... I hope to play a couple of such games just to get to know and meet people from other divisions...
Naren ... Romo bowled the most expensive ball in this league ... 16 runs in 1 balls ... only he can better it .. :)
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naren said...
It was a very good article so i am assuming our C8W has some inputs on that and on the way he might have taken a bit from your article. Cricket bachelor.. dentist.. clean slate etc
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Very nice article, but nothing whatsoever to do with me! I havent had any contact with Dreamcricket since last year (when they offered to put a link to MidwestWrap on their site etc).
As for their similarity to Adi's article - they probably looked up this site :-) We sometimes forget, anything that you write on the internet is available throughout the world, and is there for eternity! Couple years ago DreamCricket had an article in which they directly quoted various bloggers from here, especially the funny ones (Confucious, back in 2008, IIRC) and so on.. so they clearly check in on us now and then when they need to write an article :-)
c8w
We have enough crickets to play. Someone choose to go and join his family member/friend etc, then good luck.
This sounds like the arrogant, power-drunk attitude of the previous management. Hope we don't see any of this.
Why don't you ask your buddies to come play in MWCC? That way you can play with them and get better cricket too.
That is besides the point. I just don't like the idea of someone dictating where I should play cricket.
Anyway, I am happy with Shekhs response for now. Good to have a President who actually listens to our concerns.
Thanks Midwest and everybody for the kind support..
Masta,
No worries bud, you made a great point. We will try to work the kinks out and try to make it work.
I do need a huge favor from you.
I need you to talk to your old team - Chicago Fire and Lucky XI (since they are both not playing with us this year) to form a single team and play with us.
Please send the contact details of those gentlemen I asked you for.
Spud,
Thanks bud, appreciate the support.
Please give me a call when you have a minute - 217-553 3178.
Or email me - shekhs.aravind@gmail.com.
I want to talk to you and try to get your friends team to play in MWCC.
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Yeah a Yeah a Oh,
Middle aged Mud faced a rival,
Yeah a Yeah a Oh,
With this rival ended his carnival,
Yeah a Yeah a Oh,
with a MoMO here and an Appu near,
Yeah a Yeah a Oh,
Middle aged Mud wished his rival,
Yeah a Yeah a Oh,
Thus began a graduated revival,
Yeah a Yeah a Oh
Gentlemen,
A few questions/requests:
1. Does anyone want to become a contributing write for the Blog? Fake, Spud, etc? I'm sure people want to hear more than just my dull droning.... :)
2. I believe the transition is going very smoothly and the previous management is cooperating to ensure this. However, transitions take time, and so the current Management has requested that we use the blog for providing information as well. Please check here for updates in the form of articles.
MWCC is making news ... Check the following link --> http://ce.usaca.org/content/20100409/shekhs-aravind-elected-president-midwest-cricket-conference
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